Three companies are combining into what is now the largest independent provider of specialty oilfield chemicals in the Permian Basin.

Imperative Chemical Partners, headquartered in Midland, is the result of the combination of WadeCo Specialties, Impact Chemical Technologies and FloCap Injection Services.

Tanner Moran, managing director, Hastings Equity Partners, said the new entity will be able to serve not just smaller and mid-size operators and pipeline companies but the larger companies as well. Hastings is a private equity firm focused on investing in oilfield service and equipment companies.

The company will remain headquartered in Midland, and by bringing the three companies together into one entity, “especially their management teams, we can add lots of jobs” as well as products, service lines and locations, Moran said in a phone interview.

Imperative focuses on production chemicals and pipeline chemicals, with the goal of enhancing the flow of crude and natural gas, whether from a well or through a pipeline by addressing issues such as paraffin or scale or metal corrosion.

One service line the company is looking at is developing technology to get chemical treatments to the toe of a horizontal well, he said. “That’s something that’s not been done. We’ve treated the vertical wellbore but not gone beyond the lateral. We’re trying to get the chemicals to the two of the well to enhance production. It’s a unique challenge that requires further customization of chemical programs.”

Moran said Imperative is also being set up to handle the growing trend of multi-well pads.

Imperative has more than 30 locations in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Illinois and North Dakota. Moran said 70 percent of Imperative’s revenues come from the Permian Basin, with the remainder from South Texas, East Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and North Dakota.